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ACTIVITIES: Wednesday, Dec. 20: Catholic Communion, Bean Bag Toss, Linen Helpers,Open Centers, Card Club.

T wo local athletes earned First Team All State status for their prowess on the football field this season.

HARTINGTON – Two mainstays and key figures of the 2022 Cedar Catholic state volleyball title team will continue their playing careers at the collegiate level.

WYNOT – The Lady Blue Devils dominated in three of the four quarters Friday night against the Wausa Lady Vikings as they rolled to the 60-28 win.

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PIERCE – The Pierce Tournament was the last action for the Cedar Catholic wrestling team before the Christmas break and it went well for the trending Trojans.

WYNOT – The Wynot Blue Devils used a stifling defense and big first and third quarter scoring runs to dispatch the Homer Knights on their home court Tuesday night. The Blue Devils held the Knights to single digit scoring in all four quarter as they cruised to the 65-26 win. This one was not in doubt from the start as Wynot went on 21-6 first quarter and added a 21-2 run in the third quarter.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – A 1987 Coleridge high school graduate is on coaching staff for a football team that just won a national championship for the second year in a row.

ALLEN – The Hartington-Newcastle Wildcats won their second game of the young season with a win here over Tri County Northeast 52-35 on Dec. 12 before dropping a Lewis & Clark Conference match up with undefeated Walthill, 71-57 in Hartington on Dec. 15.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington-Newcastle bowling team had split results last week in its lone dual on the schedule.

HARTINGTON - The Cedar Catholic Lady Trojan basketball team is in the middle of a threegame skid which left them 2-5 on the young season with losses to Crofton and West Holt this past week.

HARTINGTON - The Cedar Catholic boys basketball team outlasted Crofton here at the Monsignor Werner Activities Center Dec. 12, 53-47 to improve to 3-1 on the season heading into this week’s Knight Classic in Fremont Dec. 19 and 21.

HARTINGTON - The Hartington-Newcastle Lady Wildcat basketball team reeled off three wins over the past week.

Christmas carolers may not be as visible as they once were, but holiday celebrants who still engage in this fun tradition will have many songs to choose from as they inspire their neighbors with holiday cheer. No song may align with caroling better than “Here We Come A-Caroling” (or “Here We Come A-wassailing”). Though it’s hard to pinpoint the precise origins of this beloved song, historians believe it dates back to the mid-nineteenth century. Since then, the song has been performed by many notable groups, artists and even rodents, as distinguished entertainers such as the Boston Pops, Perry Como and Alvin and the Chipmunks have recorded the tune.

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Armchair linguists might know that the Latin word “decem” means “ten,” which is a little curious given that December is the twelfth month of the year.

(Above) Mason Newsam

A family movie night makes for a great way for families to bond and enjoy some relaxing time together. Such nights are a tradition in households across the globe, and they can even become a fun way for extended families to celebrate the holiday days together. When hosting overnight guests this holiday season, hosts can plan a family movie night and line up any of these family-friendly holiday movies.

Holiday lights are now everywhere come the holiday season.

Christmas carols can be heard far and wide from Thanksgiving weekend through Christmas Day.

LCC students put on their annual Christmas concert last Thursday at the LCC gym. (top, back row) Abigail Bors, Colston Hahne, Abel Potosnyak, Brock Pinkelman, (middle row)........   false